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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Fear Index

The MarketPsych Fear Index shows a 10-day exponential moving average of the percentage of "Fear" words in the U.S. financial news displayed over a candlestick chart of the Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ)....The relative percentage of Fear-related words is on the left y-axis, and the QQQQ value is on the right y-axis. ... We have proprietary technology that detects the predictive values of different types of financial language and concepts, and which underlies our asset management.